Restos de elefante (Proboscidea, Mammalia) en el Pleístoceno de Obón (Cordillera Ibérica, Teruel)

An elephant tusk has been found in a fluvial terrace of a small creek affluent of the Martin river. The tooth is slightly curved, almost round in section and becomes increasingly smaller towards the tip. The specimens measurements and morphology lead us to propose it as a task of the "wood...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Barco, J. L., Cuenca Bescós, G., Gutiérrez Santolalla, F., Rubio, C., Rubio Dobón, J. C.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/9720
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/9720
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fluvial terrace
Middle Pleistocene
Paleoloxodon
Iberian Range
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Sumario:An elephant tusk has been found in a fluvial terrace of a small creek affluent of the Martin river. The tooth is slightly curved, almost round in section and becomes increasingly smaller towards the tip. The specimens measurements and morphology lead us to propose it as a task of the "wood elephant" of the Pleistocene of Europe: Paleoloxodon antiquus, probably of an adult male